First Year Course: Ngöndro (Foundational Practices)
The preliminary practices include compassion, refuge and prostration practices, Mandala Offering, Vajrasattva Purification, Guru Yoga Devotion and Phowa (the Transference of Consciousness Upon Dying). A complete set of practices that have the potential of awakening the seed of enlightenment inthe practitioner. Prerequisite: None. Phowa, August 5 - 10, can be taken out of sequence as a short retreat.